Cardinal, 27, grew up in downstate Tolono, near Champaign. His father, Rod, was head basketball trainer at the University of Illinois for more than 30 years.
After a standout college career at Purdue, Cardinal essentially was a bench-warmer during his first three years in the NBA with Detroit and Washington. He appeared in a total of 28 games and averaged 1.9 points.
Last season, Cardinal stepped in for the injured Troy Murphy and his numbers skyrocketed to 9.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in just more than 21 minutes.
The 6-foot-8 Cardinal could play either forward spot, but his natural position is power forward. He is not expected to command more than $1 million to $2 million as a free agent, though a number of teams have expressed interest.
Brian also started at SF and scored 32 points vs. Phoenix 2/11/04.
He's also physical and draws fouls.
The rub is the Bulls have 1.1 million and the mid-level exception. Cardinal will probably get offered more than 1.1 million.
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Cardinal is over paid at 38 million/6 years. A mistake in light of future opportunity costs but it could not have happened to a harder working guy.
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